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Welcome to The Showcase Blog.
Here you will find: the latest musings of the showcase team, writing tips, short stories, writer’s personal experiences and more. Because of our love for fresh, new content we update our blog regularly, which means that you can come back time and time again – and always find something new to read.
If you are an indie author and would like to guest blog you’ll be happy to hear that we now have an open guest blog submission policy. For more information email us at openblog@selfpubslishersshowcase.com.
I’ve Just Published My Book. Now What? by Nicholas Rossis
I Just Published my Book. Now What? First of all, congratulations! You’re now a published author – and don’t let …
Guest Post: Six Failproof Tips Guaranteed to get you signed by a Literary Agent. Probably. By Richard Hennerley
In the days when I (naively) still entertained hope that a literary agent somewhere might be interested in my work …
Short Story: The Old Man by Marshall Armstrong
The old man held up a finger, looked at it curiously, licked it and held it up higher into the …
[Infographic] Charting the Amazon Associates Ecosystem
For most self-published authors, using Amazon’s publishing platform is the best choice. However, many authors don’t take full advantage of …
Short Story: The Swallow Places by Kyle Brown
Active interests include: economics, and she’s pretty great in that class, but she’s quiet and doesn’t tell anybody. She’s transferred …
Short Story: The Birth of Rumplestiltskin III by Kevin Kauffmann
Rumplestiltskin III didn’t come into being like the Spectres of the Wretched Keep, coalescing into existence from the silken fog, …
Guest Post: Pianists and Accompanists by Susan Moore Jordan
It would be nice to think that the word “accompanist” no longer carries with it the suggestion of a second …
Guest Post: Odyssey of the Abecedarian by Steve Dullum
If you’re reading this, then you may be wondering how I ended up with a novel for sale. And if …
WATCH YOUR BACK, A ROGUISH ANTHOLOGY IS LOOSE
Blackguards, Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues Are Raiding Kickstarter Monday, September 1, 2014—Crestview Hills, KY—After a whirlwind couple of days, Ragnarok …
Guest Post: My 4 Golden Rules of Writing by Nicholas Rossis
My 4 Golden Rules of Writing I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while now. The main reason …
Guest Post: Creating Characters That Drive Your Story by K.C. Berg
Who doesn’t love a good story? Through the magic of books, we can witness epic battles, visit faraway lands, and …
Guest Post: The Dollars are in the Details by GeoRiot
How to Market your Book like a Genius. If you haven’t read our previous guest post on SPS describing how …
Guest Post: Writing Rebellious by J.L. Murray
Every writer knows that there is a set of rules we are supposed to adhere to if our books are …
Guest Post: S.G. Night reports on an incredibly powerful marketing tool for authors
“Hindsight is 20:20” takes 2nd place (right behind stuff about death-and-taxes) as the world’s truest proverb. We are always a …
Recent covers from Acapella Book Cover Design
Four book covers Acapella Book Cover Design have recently designed have been released. Here’s a look at the covers and …
Guest Post: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore by Duncan Milne
Suicide is serious. So is depression. And addiction too. These are issues severe enough to be social conditions not left …
Guest Post: How exactly does an author write? by V.E. Bystry
If you are reading this, chances are you consider yourself one of three different kinds of people. One, a writer. …
Guest Post: The writing endeavours of Byron Edgington
Since my second book has just gone live on Amazon in paper and digital, it seemed like a good opportunity …
August’s Featured 5 Authors
TOP PROFILE – S.G. Night, author of Attrition: The First Act of Penance SG Night has been a writer since …
Guest Post : Frank Bukowski’s Bad Day At The Office 6 *Mature Content*
“Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life?” The opening couplet from Philip Larkin’s poem ‘Toads’ never …
Short Story: Rumplestiltskin III and the Serrated Sunset by Kevin Kauffmann
Rumplestiltskin III once found himself on a little dirt road in the middle of a country that looked remarkably like …
An Unplanned Trilogy, by Susan Moore Jordan
As it happens – a very useful phrase for a writer, by the way – the three novels I have …
How One Detail Can Improve Your Literary Brand
When trying to make a name for yourself in any business, the details matter. For a self-published author it can …
Guest Post: Frank Bukowski’s review of ‘Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman’, by Richard P Feynman.
Knowing from experience how deflating a negative review can be, I have a rule that if I don’t get along …
Guest Post: The Heart of the Indie Writer by Chelsie Shock
What an amazing time we live in today. Opportunities and possibilities are endless. If things hadn’t changed this much in …
Guest Post: Questions, answers and rollercosters by James Walley
“So, what’s your book about?” That’s the familiar question when someone learns that you’ve decided to take the plunge and …
The upcoming AUTHOR RESOURCES feature
WE HAVE NEWS!!! We are looking at developing a new section here on The Showcase. One in which we are …
July’s Featured 5 authors
TOP PROFILE – Rebecca Lombardo, author of It’s Not Your Journey In her first published work, Rebecca Lombardo collects her …
The Inspiration for Eli’s Heart by Susan Moore Jordan
Eli’s Heart was inspired by a friendship I had decades ago with a brilliant teenage pianist born with a defective …
A word from Kitty…
Hi. My name is Kitty Mulholland and I’m a swinger. Saying it like that makes me feel as though I …
Short Story: Fetish Garden by Marc Nash
I am ‘a force’ you say? ‘A force for good’, well my, that is good. Follow the trails. Happy trails, …
Short Story: Is It Love You’re After Or Just A Good Time? by Mark Binmore
San Francisco 1978: a golden city of freedom, adventure, possibility and disco. There is also the search for love and …
Self-editing is possible by L.J. Hutton
Many of you reading this will have come across the often repeated advice to self-publishers to get an editor. I …
Guest Poetry – 3 Original Poems from Calvin Bland
TALKING WITH GOD What will death be like, What will taking my last breath be like, Will it end my …
Eli’s Heart, Take Two by Susan Moore Jordan
So this book I began writing in September is almost ready to be released. It’s taken longer than I had …
Short Story: I Feel Love by Mark Binmore
San Francisco 1978: a golden city of freedom, adventure, possibility and disco. There is also the search for love and …
A Sense of Urgency – Gary Sheard
Gary’s guest post is taken from Chapter 9 of his debut release: Awful Management Imagine “Awful Management” applied to a …
May and June’s Featured 5
TOP PROFILE – S.G. Night, author of Attrition: The First Act of Penance SG Night has been a writer since …
Guest Post: Defining, Reality, Emotionally, And Mentally by Calvin Bland
Today we are fortunate enough to have a couple of poems from Calvin Bland… enjoy! D.R.E.A.M (Defining,Reality,Emotionally,And Mentally) We live …
Short Story: A New Start from T.O. Munro
A NEW START Features Kaylan and is an immediate sequel to “The Battle of Bledrag Field“ “I don’t want any …